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[–] snooggums@piefed.world -4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Ah yes, the ancient Egyptian complaint about 'this generation' spending too much time on their phones.

Timeless!

Edit: I love that that this one keeps getting down voted and my explanation comment keeps getting upvoted. Never change fediverse.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You joke, but one of the big Greek philosophers (Socrates maybe? I dunno) had a big rant about how relying on written texts instead of memorizing everything would make people stupid.

The specifics have changed, but "those damn kids" type complaints are truly timeless.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And Seneca (I think) complained of “these kids going partying until the early morning lights” and dressing “inappropriately”

“Those damn kids!”

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Children today are tyrants!

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The joke was taking it literally instead of acknowledging the changing reason for the youth spending too much time doing something (music/books/movie/tv/games/phones).

[–] protist@retrofed.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Kids using the written word and polyphonics really get my goat

[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and chatter in the place of exercise."

- ~~Socrates~~ Kenneth John Freeman, for his Cambridge dissertation published in 1907, summarizing complaints directed against young people in ancient times.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not a real Socrates quote. It’s very popular to make up this genre of quote.

[–] finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

Oh damn, TIL.

It was crafted by a student, Kenneth John Freeman, for his Cambridge dissertation published in 1907. Freeman did not claim that the passage under analysis was a direct quotation of anyone; instead, he was presenting his own summary of the complaints directed against young people in ancient times.

From Quote investigator

[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

See also: Pliny the young complaining about how chariots getting bigger and bigger made the streets unsafe for Roman pedestrians.

[–] BreakerSwitch@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Knowing Pliny's disdain for chariot races, I actually looked for this one, going "no way, no way." I wanted it to be real so bad.